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meet a positive, self-possessed person, and when in the presence of such a one, they are laid low, just as a field of tall wheat is after a fierce windstorm has swept across it. They feel as though they would like to get out of sight forever.

All this, dear timid ones, is not because your fellow really is wiser or better than you, but because his personality --- the external man --- is stronger than yours. You never have a similar feeling in the presence of strong individuality. Individuality in another not only produces in you an admiration for its superiority, but it also gives you, when you are in its presence, a strange new sense of your own inherent possibilities, a sense that is full of exhilaration and comfort and encouragement to you. This is because a pronounced individuality simply means more of God comes forth into visibility through a person, and by some mind process, it has power to call forth more of God through you.

If you want to know how to avoid being overcome and thrown off your feet by the strong personality of others, I will tell you: Always remember that personality is of the human and individuality is of God. Silently affirm your own individuality, your oneness with God and your superiority to personality. Can God fear any person?

If you are naturally inclined to be timid or shrinking, practice of the following will help you overcome it. As you walk down the street and see